Naslov
Importance of Caves in Croatia as the Locations for Outdoor Science Education

Autori
Paar, Dalibor ; Buzjak, Nenad ; Bočić, Neven

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Karstological School Classical Karst, Show caves and science: abstracts & guide book / Prelovšek, Mitja - Postojna : Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Karst Research Institute, 2018, 85-85

Skup
26th International Karstological School "Classical Karst": Show Caves and Science

Mjesto i datum
Postojna, Slovenija, 18.08.2018. - 22.08.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
science education, STEAM, caves, outdoor classrooms

Sažetak
Modern education in Croatia tends to put central emphasis on competences within the scientific education (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), as these knowledge and skills are the foundations of the 21st century jobs. Emphasis is placed on project teaching, out‐of‐class‐learning concept, and interdisciplinarity. It demands development and introduction of new teaching methods and contents related to the biggest problems in the world today, from local to global issues. Numerous researches show the effectiveness of the outdoor education as a part of out‐of‐class learning in which pupils and students interact with the real‐world experience in a natural environment. It is also well‐known that learning in natural environment affords a wide range of benefits: educational, health, cultural and social. Karst and caves are ideal locations that can serve as outdoor classrooms for learning about natural processes from various aspects but also for application of different knowledge and skills. But besides pupils and students as "end users" of education, it is important to prepare teachers for these new forms of teaching. For the needs of preparing out‐of‐ class geography and physics teaching projects in primary and secondary schools, we formed a working group of scientists and practitioners (geographers, physicists, experts in geography teaching methodology, experts in nature conservation) that developed a programme for teacher education and preparation. A key idea was to highlight the development of programs for formal education and, at the same time, encouraging scientific activities whose results can be included in these programs. We also addressed the importance of collaboration of higher education, schools and nature (cave) management service. This project was realized in cooperation between several institutions: Faculty of Science (UNIZG), Education and Teacher Training Agency, Public Institution for the Management of Geomorphologic Monuments of Nature "Cave Park Grabovača", Croatian Geographical Society and Croatian Geomorphological Society.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Geografija

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